George Ashby (16 July 1656 – 11 February 1728) was an English politician. He was born the son of George Ashby of

Quenby Hall Quenby Hall is a Jacobean architecture, Jacobean house in parkland near the villages of Cold Newton and Hungarton, Leicestershire, England. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "the most important early-seventeenth century h ...

, Leicestershire and educated at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

and

Gray's Inn The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wale ...

. He was appointed

Sheriff of Leicestershire This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...

for 1689 and 1699. He was member of parliament (MP) for

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

from 1695 to 1698 and from 1707 to 1708. He died in 1728 and was buried at Hungarton, Leicestershire. He had married Hannah, the daughter and coheiress of Edmund Waring of Umphriston, Shropshire, with whom he had four surviving sons and four daughters.

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* 1656 births 1728 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Leicestershire English MPs 1695–1698 High sheriffs of Leicestershire British MPs 1707–1708 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub